There will be one survivor. Who will it be? Jack London’s stories called “Up the Slide” and another “To Build a Fire”. Both of the main characters are trying to survive the dangerously cold weather in the Yukon Frontier temperatures.
First in “Up The Slide” we have the main character Clay which he is a person that did not plan well for the Yukon Frontier weather and planned to be out in the wilderness for a half an hour. While he was in the wilderness he was smart about his time management “A swift ten minutes over the ice brought him to the place, and figuring ten minutes to get the tree and ten minutes to return made him certain that Swanson’s dinner would not wait”( London 1). Also Clay was aware of his surroundings in the wilderness. Clay was energetic in a cold environment therefore did not succumb hypothermia and die. Clay was the survivor of his cold Yukon weather trip although he was out in the cold bitter weather for only a couple treacherous hours. …show more content…
He seems like he is arrogant because he acts like he is so smart when he really isn't “The old timer at Sulphur Creek had tod him about it in the previous fall, and now was appreciating the advice”(London p. 4 paragraph 20). The man is very aware of his surroundings in the wilderness. He also is kind of inconsiderate of the dog that he brings and to himself in the cold wilderness and thinks he and the dog could deal with the cold. The man dies in the end but the dog
First in “Up The Slide” we have the main character Clay which he is a person that did not plan well for the Yukon Frontier weather and planned to be out in the wilderness for a half an hour. While he was in the wilderness he was smart about his time management “A swift ten minutes over the ice brought him to the place, and figuring ten minutes to get the tree and ten minutes to return made him certain that Swanson’s dinner would not wait”( London 1). Also Clay was aware of his surroundings in the wilderness. Clay was energetic in a cold environment therefore did not succumb hypothermia and die. Clay was the survivor of his cold Yukon weather trip although he was out in the cold bitter weather for only a couple treacherous hours. …show more content…
He seems like he is arrogant because he acts like he is so smart when he really isn't “The old timer at Sulphur Creek had tod him about it in the previous fall, and now was appreciating the advice”(London p. 4 paragraph 20). The man is very aware of his surroundings in the wilderness. He also is kind of inconsiderate of the dog that he brings and to himself in the cold wilderness and thinks he and the dog could deal with the cold. The man dies in the end but the dog